Football game



May l2, 1925.

A. T. HANSEN l FOOTBALL GAIE May l2, 1925.

A. T. HANSEN FOOTBALL GANE Filed June,l 29. 1923 /lj Sheets- Sheet 2FIELD 6001.5.

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ARTHUR m. HANSEN, or MINNEAPOLIS, nINNEsoTS.. i l

*j rooirBALL GAME.

To all whom t may (2o/noem.' I v L Be it known that I, ARTHUR T. HaNsEN,a citizen of the United States, residing at Minneapolis .in thecounty ofHennepin and for playing the game.

fune 3*?. of Fig. 1, as indicated by the- State of Minnesota, haveinvented. certain new and useful Improvements.' in Football Games; and Ido hereby declare .the'followa ing to be a full, clear,andexactfdescriptlon of the invention, such as will enable othersappertalns to skilled in the art to which' it make and use the same. 'l

.This invention relates to ai'game apparatus and particularly to a gameboard representing a foot ball field and adapted to be used inconnection with a plurality of dice designated as representing differentplays,`

said zones being adapted to be used, respectively with different numbersof dice.

It is a further object. of the inventionto have such a board adapted tohold and have -slidably. moved thereon a miniature foot ball andsimilarly to have held thereon a mark-v ing strip adapted to indicatethe distance to be gained in four downs.

These and other Qb]ects and advantages of the invention will be fullysetforth in the following description made in connection with theaccompanying drawings 1n which like reference characters refer to thesaine parts throughout the'difi'erent views, and in.

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4 Fig. 1 is a plan view of the game board;

Fig.` y2 is a plan view thereofonan en'- larged scale, a part thereofbeing broken away; 4 Fig..3 is a vertical section taken .on the arrows,shown onan enlarged scale; and

Fig; 4 is aperspective View of a plurality of dice used. I. r

Referring t0 the drawings, a game board ydesignated generally as 1 isshown of recv tangular shape and which may be made of wood, cardboard,or other suitable material.-

The central par-t of theboard has a rectangular field4 marked thereonsubstantially ame board having'a'figure thereonl object of the.invention to Application med-Julie 2e, 1923.1 seriamiofem's'vf markedwith equally spaced transverse lines. Thcs'etransverseline's 2 representthe -fiveyard lines on the regular lfoot ball field and the same aredesignated on the figure by the PATENT-@ oFF-i twice as long 4as wideandisaid field 'fis numerals zero to 50, lbeginning at each end df theboard and progressing to the center thereof. At one side of the ligure,short transverse lines 3 are drawn dividing the distance between each ofthe lines 2 into iiveequal spaces whichrepresent one yarddistance on theiield. At each end of the board, small goal posts 4' are positionedhaving 'a transverse bar 5 extending therebetween. At an intermediatetransverse point` of the board, a slotiG is formed of' T-sha-pe in crosssection, asl shown in Fig. 3. The slot may conveniently be formed, shownin Fig. 3 by having the board coniposed of two layers. of material.Short lines 3 are' also placed on the board adjacent the .slot 6 andindicate distances of one yard.

vA miniature foot ball 7 has a T-shaped head secured thereto tti'ngjnthe slot so that the ball is slidable' lengthwise of the board andisretained in position thereon. A slot 8 similarjto theslot 6is formedalong .y one side of the board adjacent the lines 3 and a marking 'strip9 of a lengthrepresent-v ing ten yards on the field has a T-shapedmember, not shown, secured thereto and ex` A tending into the slot- 8,said construction`being similar to that shown in Fig. 3, so that .themarking strip 9 is'slidablelengthwse of the board. At one corner of theboard the l dial end '10A is 'pivot'ed and adaptedv frictionally to bemoved to register wfith circumferentially spaced marks indicated. as 1,2,

.3, and 4.A l y At each `side of the rectangular figure' on the boardwhich representsthe playing field,

the board is vdivided into vzones or'spaces 11, -there being three oflsuch spaces at one side of the board and one at the other side. Each ofsaid spaces is marked. with a heading or legend at the, top thereofindicating a certain phaszfof play of a foot ball game. Each space'isalso marked with a s eriesof numerals and'it --will be'noted'that thenumerals in the 'different spaces have different numbers of integers.-\In the top space at one side ofthe board and in the spaceat' the otherside, each numeral has' an accompanying inscrlptlon v lndicati-ng acertain play, as shown 1n F 1g. 2. `VVlnle quite afew of the numeralsare shown .in Fig. 2, in the'- actual layin board there will be morenumera s, as indicated by the dotted lines between the `numerals, enoughmerely being shown on the patent drawing to clearlydisnumerals.

' vpanying merals.

I now uses four dice'and the ta le at one 'close the structure. Thelower space at one side of the board has no inseripson for the Inoperation, the board is used witha plurality of dice of different color.To start the ganfe, the player throwing the highest number on one diehas a choice of goals and theukick-off. This'being deter-` mined, theplayerhaving the kick-olf now takes two dice of different colors, suchas a'red one and a white\one and throws these dice. The two dice are nowused with the table havin the numbers containing twoI integers anentitled-For punting or\kick side of theboard marked Playing advancingball will be used in vconnection `with the four dice.. The variousnumbersthrown will indicate the plays according to the inscriptions'onsaidtable, the dice always being -read with the smallest numbers first.

The player continues to use the four dice until a.touchdown is made'or'hey loses the ball, when the other player takes the dice and continuesto use the same until a touch'- down i s made-or he loses the ball. Ifeither playerfdecides on a punt, two dice, one red and one White areagain used and thetable marked Punting. or Kick-off is used inconnection with the two dice.A If a try for a field goal is attemptedtheplayer attemptingthisuses tlireedice and the three dice are then used inconjunction with lthetable marked Field goals, the result of the playlbeing indicated by the inscriptions accompanying the respectivenumerals. If either player` makes thetouch-down the" table marked Tryfor point after touch-downv is used and the said table is used inconnection withthree dice'y One of thenumerals marked on the table mustbe vthrown in order .for the player to vmake a 'Successful try I atagoal and score one point. .As is 'well known, for advancing'the ball,each side is l.given four downsin which to advance the all ten yards.The downs are kept track of by the dial 10 which is moved aftereach:

pla to lindicate the down. At the time of eac i first down, one end ofthe strip 9 will bebrought into registration-with the lball v and theother end ofthe strip will then indicate thel distance that must begained in, the next four downs. It will be understood, of course, thatlthe ball 7 is moved with each play.

From the above description it is seen that applicant has provided a gameboard on which the game of foot ball can be played with great interest.The intercolleglate foot ball .rules can be explicitly followed.

and the game made to correspond in practically every vplay with theactual game.'

The `plays are' so arranged that there is no great preponderance infavor of one sideor the other so that interest is maintained.

The lvarious zones having the'numerals with different numbers orintegersforma combination with the playing field and dice having -greatutility and the plays can be quickly registered by movements of the ball7 and marking strip 9. The use of the dice adds interest to the gameand-by having the zones or different tables on the board the use ofcards is eliminated. The marks on the board can be protected by a layerof transparent material so that therey is practically no wear thereonand the wear and loss"- of cards which soon .destroy the usefulness andappearance of many games is avoided.

It will' ofcourse, be understood, that various changes may be. made inthe form, details, arrangement and proportions of the v-'arious parts-ofthe apparatus 'without departing from the scope of applicants invention,which, generally stated, consists in a device capable of carrying outthe objects above stated vand .such as show-n and described yand setforth in the Vappended claims.v

What is claimed is: Y,

n equally spaced t1 afoot ball llield. and said lines indicating uit.

1..'A game apparatus comprising a board i having a recta Ngular figurethereon lwith r ansverse lines simulatingdistances of five yards, saidboard having a slot extending longitudinally thereof at an intermediatetransverse poi-nt, 'a miniature ball slidable` and retained in saidslot, another slot adjacent onel side' of the board,-l graduations`adjacent said .latterslo indicating distances of one yard, a. m rkingstrip representing ten yards distance slidf able and 'I etain'ed ,invsaid latter slot,l said board having zones at its sides having se'-.\ries of numbers containing integers from. 1

to '.6, therein, said vnumbers'in the respective zonescontainm two,three and four integers, respective y, and a plurality of 4dicci-5`.adapted "to be` used with said zones, the

number ofxdice used with each zone correr' spending tothe number .ofintegers in the numbers thereof.

2. A game apparatus comprising a boardv having a rectangular figurethereon withequally spaced transverse lines; the length of therectangular figure representing one hundred yards and each linerepresenting five yard distances, a slot extending longitudinally in theboard adjacent one edge thereof, short transverse lines adjacent saidslot representing one yard distances, a plain marking strip of a lengthindicating ten yards slidable in said slot and having pointers at itsend adapted to register with said short lines, said board having zonesthereon at the sides of said rectangular figure, which zones containtables of numerals, each having a corresponding legend, the number ofnumerals being dl'erent 1n each table, and a plurality of standard diceIn testimony whereof I aix my signa- 20 ture.

- T. HANSEN.

